HYETT

William Henry ( eld. son of Rev. Henry Cay Adams of Shrews bury, d. 1808). b. 2 Sep. 1795; ed. at Westminster, matric. from Ch. Ch. Ox. 21 Oct. 1813; swam acro the Hellespont from Sestos to Abydos in 1 hour and 50 minutes; a umed name of Hyett upon succeeding to estates of Benjamin Hyett 1815; M.P. Stroud 13 Dec. 1832 to 30 Dec. 1834; made experiments on growth of trees by watering with chymical solutions; taught mechanical drawing in his schools at Painswick; founder of Gloucestershire eye institution 1866; made translations from Horace, Goethe, Victor Hugo and Filicaja which he privately printed; F.R.S. d. Painswick house, Gloucs. 10 March 1877. Times 13 March 1877 p. 10.